2025 Bowl Projection Tracker

[Some guy]

To me, Illinois is the only real possibility of that for NYC this year. And, they probably need to lose one or both of their remaining games to dip to Pinstripe.

Michigan isn't dropping that far. They just aren't.

9-3 Nebraska + 9-3 Illinois
+ 8-4 Minnesota + 8-4 Michigan would put Michigan in the pinstripe bowl. IMO

Illinois and Nebraska would likely be ranked teams in the two Florida bowls.
The pinstripe would want a team they’ve never had and historically the big ten would give it to them.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

The agreement with the Pinstripe Bowl is unique. The original agreement in 2014 called for 8 different schools in an 8-year period. When they renewed at the start of the decade I think they modified that to be 6 different schools in an 8-year period with an understanding that the conference would work with them in good faith to have no repeat teams if at all possible. There is definitely a chance that Michigan could fall to Pinstripe if they finish 8-4.

 

[USAF]

. There is definitely a chance that Michigan could fall to Pinstripe if they finish 8-4.

Almost no chance.

 

[tjgopher]

9-3 Nebraska + 9-3 Illinois
+ 8-4 Minnesota + 8-4 Michigan would put Michigan in the pinstripe bowl. IMO

Illinois and Nebraska would likely be ranked teams in the two Florida bowls.
The pinstripe would want a team they’ve never had and historically the big ten would give it to them.

So, you have Nebraska in Orlando and Illinois in Tampa, and then what?

You think Vegas, who gets a Big Ten team only every other year, and has never had Michigan (who almost never falls below Florida) will take 7-5 Iowa instead?

And then after that, you're saying the Music City Bowl, which has never had Michigan (who almost never falls below Florida and never, never fallen to Nashville) will take Minnesota instead, knowing the Music City Bowl has passed on Minnesota multiple times in the past ten years for teams not nearly as big as Michigan?

Iowa cannot go to Music City this year.

Michigan just isn't going to fall to NYC. It just isn't.

 

[Some guy]

So, you have Nebraska in Orlando and Illinois in Tampa, and then what?

You think Vegas, who gets a Big Ten team only every other year, and has never had Michigan (who almost never falls below Florida) will take 7-5 Iowa instead?

And then after that, you're saying the Music City Bowl, which has never had Michigan (who almost never falls below Florida and never, never fallen to Nashville) will take Minnesota instead, knowing the Music City Bowl has passed on Minnesota multiple times in the past ten years for teams not nearly as big as Michigan?

Iowa cannot go to Music City this year.

Michigan just isn't going to fall to NYC. It just isn't.

I don’t think Michigan will end up in the pinstripe bowl either.

The music city bowl doesn’t pick above the pinstripe
There isn’t a draft


I think it’s going to end up;
Michigan and Nebraska in Florida
Vegas and Nashville will get Iowa and Illinois
New York will get northwestern
Minnesota in Arizona

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

You think Vegas, who gets a Big Ten team only every other year, and has never had Michigan (who almost never falls below Florida) will take 7-5 Iowa instead?

I have no opinion on where Iowa will go bowling but I don't think they will finish 7-5. I suspect they will win both of their last two games.

 

[tjgopher]

I have no opinion on where Iowa will go bowling but I don't think they will finish 7-5. I suspect they will win both of their last two games.

I was just going off the scenario presented that Nebraska was 9-3 in the example I was responding to.

If Nebraska finishes 9-3, then the best Iowa can be is 7-5. I was not making any predictive statement on Iowa's final record.

I agree, they will likely win both games left.

 

[tjgopher]

Michigan and Nebraska in Florida
Vegas and Nashville will get Iowa and Illinois
New York will get northwestern
Minnesota in Arizona

Agree with this as most likely outcome.

The music city bowl doesn’t pick above the pinstripe
There isn’t a draft

Music City has clear priority over Pinstripe. The tier system which was used for a few years is gone.
It is about as close to a draft as you can get. The conference might step in to hit a contractual obligation or cover a loop hole, but that's about it. Bowls pick who they want in a certain order.

 

[Some guy]

Agree with this as most likely outcome.



Music City has clear priority over Pinstripe. The tier system which was used for a few years is gone.
It is about as close to a draft as you can get. The conference might step in to hit a contractual obligation or cover a loop hole, but that's about it. Bowls pick who they want in a certain order.

No. They don’t
There isn’t a draft

 

[USAF]

No. They don’t
There isn’t a draft

There's clearly a pecking order. Which is why typically Minnesota ends up in Detroit and Michigan ends up in Florida.
Better bowls get their picks before lesser bowls.
Duh.